Keeping an eye on those Islamo-commies at Guardian's 'Comment is free' blog.

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Not a good idea, Georgina

Georgina Henry can be applauded on the success of Comment is free. It has grown rapidly and has created many commenting addicts. It has also opened up new avenues for political and cultural communication, interaction and debate. But now, this debate is in danger of being stifled by limiting comments to once every half an hour (!).

Clearly, this is not a wise move. At any given time, there may be several articles that participants want to comment on. Now, we can only comment on one of them -- and have to wait for half an hour to comment on the next. I am sorry, but not all of us have that much time available in the day to log onto the internet! Some of us have only half an hour or an hour during the day in which we can share our pearls of wisdom with the rest. Now, that privilege has been taken away from us.

Please, Georgina, restore your blog to its former glory. Otherwise Comment is free will run dry and die a slow, painful death. People will just find other sites to air their views on. There are plenty. This is becoming an immensely competitive market, and if your blog is not user-friendly it will not be successful.